Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1887-12-15
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home at the poor house at Marshalltown,
Dec. 12, with nothing but his night clothes
for protection. He wandered about until
overcome by the cold. when he died in
the snow along the fence. No blame is
attached to the overseer of the poor house.
An cight-year old son J. NJ. Hale.
farmer, residing two miles northwest Of
Mount Etna, in Adams county. was in.
stantly killed Dec. IL by the falling of a
derrick near which he and an elder
brother were playing The derrick had
been erected few days ago for the pur,
pose Of dressing beef. A rope was at
tached at the top aud extended to the
ground. The boys in their play were
pulling at the rope. and in doing so, pull
cd the derrick with the fatal result as
stated.
John Harrigan, a farmer about go years
of age, widower living alone was found
dead in his house near Ames Dec. -. He
was subject TO heart disease.
j. j. Donahoe, who has been on trial
at Atlantic for the past two weeks for the
murder Of Lawrence Dolan, a neighbor-
ing farmer in Cass county, was found
guilty of manslaughter.
To Hon Justus Clark, Of Iowa city, is
attributed the statement that there is more
capital employed In stock raising in Iowa
than is employed in all the National Banks
in the United States. He estimates the
bank capital at 1922 ,000, 900, and the cap
ital invested in stock raising in Iowa at
$685., 456, 791.
AT Des Moines, Dec. 10, Spencer Lee,
an old gentleman seventy-one years old
committed suicide by shooting himself.
He was afflicted with cancer of the
stomach and had become Respondent.
Mrs w. A. Sorenson, residing at Council
Bluffs, fell into well at her home Dec.
10 and was instantly killed, breaking her
neck.
Stormy Jordan, of Ottumwa who has
been the most persistent law defer. de.
clares that the Supreme Cont decision
has settled him. He will quit the saloon
business in Iowa forever.
An express robbery of considerable
magnitude came to light at Waterloo.
Ralph Miller, night operator and acting
agent at the Diagonal depot in that city,
became infatuated with pretty Mrs. Fred
erick Kenneth. of Chicago, who was
stopping there. She told a pitiful story
Of being penniless. and the young man
determined to aid her, but had no ready
money and yielded to temptation and stole
q money package left in his care, the
night of Noy. 10Th. On the night of the
Both he stole another package containing
800, and Immediately resigned. saying
he was going to st. Paul. Accompanied
by Mrs. Kenneth and little child and the
Is year old daughter of laboring man
in that city, he disappeared, no one knows
where, leaving his clothes in his room al
the Central. 1t is now believed that Mrs.
Kenneth was travelling under an assumed
name. and is in reality procnress for .
Chicago house of i'll fame. 1t is believed
that the thief is in Chicago. but he is not
yet accurately located
Anna Mohr, aged 81. employed in one
Of the hotels at Davenport. committed
suicide. Dec. 0. by throwing herself into
the Mississippi. 1t is thought she had
been betrayed by her lover.
A Clinton special. Dec. 10. says: w.
j. McMuroty and Jas. Gould. bankers
and stock dealers of Port Perry, Ont,
were met at the Revere house this fore
noon by number OF prominent Clinton
business men to commence arrangements
for building a packing house here with a
capacity of seventy-eight thousand h 'gs
The gentlemen looked over all the avail
able locations in the northeast and after
three visits to Clint IN concluded it was the
best Ten acres of land was granted them,
also no local taxes fo- ten years. though
the gentlefnen asked nothing. Final ar
rangemcnts will be made in February.
The plant is to be ready by September /,
1888.
A Clinton special, Dec z, says: Tues,
day night the Congregational church at
Dewitt. this county, burned. entailing a
loss of 81, 500; insurance 100. The pas
tor. Rev. Mr.. Chapple. losses an extensive
library. The Sunday School library was
partly destroyed. A defective flue was
the cause.
Waterloo special, Dec. Z: The jury in
the Brown murder case at Toledo returned
a verdict finding Buhman guilty of murder
in the first degree and recommending that
that he be imprisoned in the penitentiary
for life. The Jury was out from 3:35
yesterday afternoon until $3.50 this after
noon. Judge Kline announced that he
would pass sentence on the prisoner Dec.
"a. The verdict was received with
general satisfaction by the people. 1t is
rumored that several of the jurors favored
the infiiction of the death penalty. but
finally agreed upon the verdict as re-
turned.
The Shell Rock News of recent date
gives these particulars Of The terrible
death of Mrs. Mary Stricken at the
Buckeye mines. The lady was the wife
of the late Weldon Stricken and resided
at Dawson. She had come to Stauffer' $
to visit her daughter and her sister in,law.
On Wednesday, Dec. Z she went over to
Bridgeport, where she remained up all
night with her sick niece, and it was
while going back to her hephews, A. III.
Cochran, the next afternoon. that she
met death In one of its most frightful
forms. The coal from the Buckeye mines
s drawn by cable from the pit mouth
up an Incline to the tipple, each trip con-
tanning a score or more of wagons The
front wagon struck and knocked her
down and it and the next two following
passed over her before one of the tipple
men who saw the accident just as il hap
pened could signal the engineer and have
the trip stopped. The frightened work
men quickly rushed to the scene and drew
the mangled remains from beneath the
cruel wheels, that had literally ground
their victim.
William Young. a conductor on the
west-end division of the c.. B. & @. rail
road, was seriously injured in wreck
near Hillsdalc. Dec. Z. and the wreck was